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america, get up. stop complaining. . guest: she has been generalized into affirming the system of racial action in this system today, whereby the law practices based solely on race. given often to people that are not in the position to compete in the places they are accepted. as evidenced by academic performance of affirmative action. in the case of professor gates, he was arrested by white police officers under circumstances where it wasn't improper rest, i agree with him there. but he attributed it to racism, and then there was no good reason to do that. he drew wild claims about america being a racist and a class this country. he said that there had not been structural changes in america and the the only people that live in a post racial world in -- are in the white house. i think that it is not responsible for a man of his stature to speak out why. host: you are saying to these individuals have extrapolated from their own experience. are you seeing a trend? guest: the similarities that they have in common is race, th
america, get up. stop complaining. . guest: she has been generalized into affirming the system of racial action in this system today, whereby the law practices based solely on race. given often to people that are not in the position to compete in the places they are accepted. as evidenced by academic performance of affirmative action. in the case of professor gates, he was arrested by white police officers under circumstances where it wasn't improper rest, i agree with him there. but he...
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is it one of the reasons america has not focused on the borders in america? is that a new form of imperialism? guest: let me answer the second part first. i do believe is a new form of imperialism, this system of -- if you look at who was served by colonialism in terms of the wealthy. that continues today. if you look at who was hurt, people of color, women. this has been reinforced by globalization. it is a rebury ending of colonialism. -- it is a reid branding of colonialism. in terms of the free flow of immigrants? i didn't understand the first part of your question. a lot of what we have done with the bergeborder, a lot of these problems were post-nafta. a lot of people have lost their phonfarms and factories, so youe had this influx of people looking for work. that is a feature of globalization, this great migration of people traveling looking for work. you see in africa and latin america. that is a feature of globalization. the workers traveling to find work. host: our next call comes from the virgin islands. go ahead caller: good morning. i see the sub
is it one of the reasons america has not focused on the borders in america? is that a new form of imperialism? guest: let me answer the second part first. i do believe is a new form of imperialism, this system of -- if you look at who was served by colonialism in terms of the wealthy. that continues today. if you look at who was hurt, people of color, women. this has been reinforced by globalization. it is a rebury ending of colonialism. -- it is a reid branding of colonialism. in terms of the...
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their topic is faith, family, and freedom in america. in the afternoon, the airplane pilots association hears from a pilot to talk about the latest developments in aviation safety. this morning the senate banking committee holds a regulation -- hearing on regulation credit agencies. live coverage begins at 9:30 eastern a.m. this week, the full senate debates the nomination of sonia sotomayor as supreme court justice. and coming this fall, tour the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. host: we are back, -- talking about blogging efforts. we want to talk about what you are seeing in terms of lobbying efforts. in the "philadelphia inquirer" they talk about some of the protests and messages that have gone on at these of and around the country. they write about one event featuring kathleen sebelius and arlen specter. host: carrying on on the front page of "wall street journal" as congress goes on break, lobbying heats up. public meetings nationwide this month labor unions and others in the debate are lobbying heavily. if you wa
their topic is faith, family, and freedom in america. in the afternoon, the airplane pilots association hears from a pilot to talk about the latest developments in aviation safety. this morning the senate banking committee holds a regulation -- hearing on regulation credit agencies. live coverage begins at 9:30 eastern a.m. this week, the full senate debates the nomination of sonia sotomayor as supreme court justice. and coming this fall, tour the home to america's highest court, the supreme...
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it is not mexicans that bros one flew to america. -- it is not that mexicans brought swine flu to america. as the caller suggested, those kind of anxiety ies come out. host: middletown, new york, republican caller. caller: they have proven that this swine flu outbreak was developed -- it does not have the pedigree. it has traces of human, swine flu, and bird flu. they tested it on the ferrets and the ferrets died. they called back and said they never radiated it. they said they gave homeless people in poland the test vaccine and people died. i was in the army in 1976 in the first outbreak at a military base. it always happens in military bases. like the doctor that says they're going to reduce the world population by 80% and we need another type of 1918 pandemic. they want to reduce the world population. it is all out there if anybody wants to read. thank you. host: thank you. philip alcabes, any reaction? guest: i have heard some, but not all of those rumors about swine flu and its origin. the investigation was done on where the strain of h1n1 came from. it was conclusively determined th
it is not mexicans that bros one flew to america. -- it is not that mexicans brought swine flu to america. as the caller suggested, those kind of anxiety ies come out. host: middletown, new york, republican caller. caller: they have proven that this swine flu outbreak was developed -- it does not have the pedigree. it has traces of human, swine flu, and bird flu. they tested it on the ferrets and the ferrets died. they called back and said they never radiated it. they said they gave homeless...
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but a lot of small towns in america have budgetary problems. and with litigation in those areas, they would not be reimbursed from state and federal governments from eeoc claims and housing claims. that is behind hesitation in some of the small towns to change it. so, we have to do something on the state and national levels to get this done, and it comes down to education. educating people to know why you want these things, why we want these things. we want to step up, be included at the table with decision making. and we deserve it, quite honestly, because we handsomely contribute to the bottom line in state and local and even national community. that is all i have to say. guest: that is such a great point. i wish so often that people could know exactly what you have just said. i wish they could no that we just want to stop fighting for this stuff. we really want to get past the so we can help -- so we can find in afghanistan and iraq, put all of the energy into climate change, fixing the terrible things better going wrong with our environment
but a lot of small towns in america have budgetary problems. and with litigation in those areas, they would not be reimbursed from state and federal governments from eeoc claims and housing claims. that is behind hesitation in some of the small towns to change it. so, we have to do something on the state and national levels to get this done, and it comes down to education. educating people to know why you want these things, why we want these things. we want to step up, be included at the table...
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we could not bring any cases before the courts of america. we were not recognized as human beings even more american citizens and given the right to vote until 1924. everyone else -- women, other minorities, all had the right to vote, but not native americans. we were the original people here. even today we have the highest alcohol problems, infant mortality, drug problems, homelessness, but the american indian has been completely forgotten. we have been pushed onto these little reservation islands because the federal government' wanted to get rid of us and they forgot about us. host: on the front page of the philadelphia inquirer, a story about cervical vaccines and whether gardasil can really cut kantor's -- cancers toll. you can read more about this test and the report in the journal of the ama. back to the phones. cambridge, ohio. bill on the line for republicans. caller: i have three comments i want to make. on the aarp, with all of these people canceling their memberships because of their association with president obama, it was probabl
we could not bring any cases before the courts of america. we were not recognized as human beings even more american citizens and given the right to vote until 1924. everyone else -- women, other minorities, all had the right to vote, but not native americans. we were the original people here. even today we have the highest alcohol problems, infant mortality, drug problems, homelessness, but the american indian has been completely forgotten. we have been pushed onto these little reservation...
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it is america of this, it has to be american that. don't people realize that we all came to this country as foreigners? our country -- our grandparents, are parents? my parents and father worked very hard. i work very hard. if i have a subaru, why is my car less a clunker than somebody else's, than a chevrolet? it is just -- i do not know. i watched the show the other day and we were talking about segregation which immigrants. my parents were immigrants. they came here and worked very hard. 97% of your audience come from immigrants. host: wilmington, illinois. caller: we need more jobs for americans and we need to retire the federal debt, and i would like to see all 1% tax on all imports, including important services, and i would like to see it go 1% a month until the federal budget is balanced. they could use that revenue to buy back federal debt held by foreigners. that is my comment. host: eighth photograph this morning of -- a photograph this morning of corazon aquino. she is revered for helping rebuild democracy. but it was the i
it is america of this, it has to be american that. don't people realize that we all came to this country as foreigners? our country -- our grandparents, are parents? my parents and father worked very hard. i work very hard. if i have a subaru, why is my car less a clunker than somebody else's, than a chevrolet? it is just -- i do not know. i watched the show the other day and we were talking about segregation which immigrants. my parents were immigrants. they came here and worked very hard. 97%...
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eastern on america in the courts. coming this fall, entered the home to america's highest court. the supreme court. all this month, revisit the pears and vegetables we covered this year on c-span 2's book tv. this weekend, the key west literary seminar. go to book tv.org. the phenomenon of facebook. the author of this book on the social networking site and held it toward friends apart. afterwards, it is part of our book to be weakened. >> frank which reflects on 15 years of political columns for " the new york times." that is sunday night on c-span. >> book tv sunday, the future of the american conservative movement with direct mail fund- raiser. >> washington journal continues. >>manu rajoo, is here to talk about all kinds of things that happened in the senate this week. let's start off with an item you wrote about yesterday, the sergeant at arms tells the senators to be aware of their tempers going into some of these town hall meetings. tell us about that. guest: they are responding to these news reports of the town hall meetings getting quite disrupted. the sergeant at arms, n
eastern on america in the courts. coming this fall, entered the home to america's highest court. the supreme court. all this month, revisit the pears and vegetables we covered this year on c-span 2's book tv. this weekend, the key west literary seminar. go to book tv.org. the phenomenon of facebook. the author of this book on the social networking site and held it toward friends apart. afterwards, it is part of our book to be weakened. >> frank which reflects on 15 years of political...
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let's try to come together, america. let's stop chastising each other because of the parties we belong to and let's try to come together as people. host: moving on now to alabama. caller: yes, i think -- what i think what he is doing, a good example, he spent money on horses, turtles -- you have people up here who do not know whether next meal is coming from. old people are eating cat and dog food because they do not have enough money to live on. host: caller, let's return to the matter at hand here. caller: that is what kind of thing i think that they have done. host: we appreciate your thoughts. another tweet. more on the front pages from around the country. this one from new jersey. they point out here that new jersey takes a 7% bite from the fed to be big, but dealerships remain packed. here is the front page from the sun. "denver post" where's says that a small ripple of jobs so far -- 1000 full-time slots are linked to federal aid and it says that thousands more are in the pipeline. supposed to create 59,000 jobs i
let's try to come together, america. let's stop chastising each other because of the parties we belong to and let's try to come together as people. host: moving on now to alabama. caller: yes, i think -- what i think what he is doing, a good example, he spent money on horses, turtles -- you have people up here who do not know whether next meal is coming from. old people are eating cat and dog food because they do not have enough money to live on. host: caller, let's return to the matter at hand...
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the supreme court, home to america's highest court. the first sunday in october on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we have daniel domenech, executive director of national school of the straightest. a new report on your web site this morning, taking a look of the stimulus money and how much is being pumped into primary and secondary schools of our country. what did you find? guest: interestingly enough, the superintendents are very grateful we have this money. because clearly about the stimulus dollars it would have been chaos and school systems around america. having said that, there were two basic goals for the dollars. one was to stimulate economy and the other one was to bring about innovation and reform and education. we find our superintendent of the latter. the money has been used primarily to backfill budget deficits created at the local and state level. so after they have done that, they have very little money left to engage in any kind of change for innovation or reform of schools. that is pretty much the bott
the supreme court, home to america's highest court. the first sunday in october on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we have daniel domenech, executive director of national school of the straightest. a new report on your web site this morning, taking a look of the stimulus money and how much is being pumped into primary and secondary schools of our country. what did you find? guest: interestingly enough, the superintendents are very grateful we have this money....
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what you think america's place will be? will america get further and further back and decline? just give up? will russia and china joint in iran and iraq, coming against israel? guest: it is a fantastical way of looking at the world if you had an alliance -- sounds a little crazy, but is not impossible between iran and israel. it would be an ideal balance of power situations. now what we are seeing in afghanistan and iraq is that the u.s. cannot stay in those countries forever because we will run out of money. it would bankrupt us. the chinese would stop lending us money. 51% of americans want out sooner rather than later. what will fill the vacuum is china and russia. iran with russian or chinese weapons would be very formidable. 65% of the world's proven reserves are in the gulf. if that falls under iran and either russia or china is control it will eclipsed the u.s. and there is little we can do for israel at that point. host: the next call comes from miami, fla. on the republican line. caller: good morning, and thank you for your service to our country. one, i was a younger
what you think america's place will be? will america get further and further back and decline? just give up? will russia and china joint in iran and iraq, coming against israel? guest: it is a fantastical way of looking at the world if you had an alliance -- sounds a little crazy, but is not impossible between iran and israel. it would be an ideal balance of power situations. now what we are seeing in afghanistan and iraq is that the u.s. cannot stay in those countries forever because we will...
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the taliban did not attack america for a reason. suddenly, the taliban and al qaeda will keep taking the afghans because american is an occupying force in that country, just like in vietnam. no one wants to be occupied by a force for a government who will set up a puppet government. that is what is typical in iraq. you have people coming from there to fight americans because they know the american government does not believe in law and order. george bush ran amok. no one has been held accountable. why should anyone in afghanistan believe the puppet government will be legitimate? host: thanks for your comments. your response, mr. west? guest: john, we were attacked because of our way of life, not because of our government. it had nothing to do with whether it was president clinton or president bush. we are dealing with a bunch of wackos who have a different view of the entire world. they are murderers and terrorists. we have to put them where they belong on the earth. as far as the afghan people are concerned, my concern is opposite
the taliban did not attack america for a reason. suddenly, the taliban and al qaeda will keep taking the afghans because american is an occupying force in that country, just like in vietnam. no one wants to be occupied by a force for a government who will set up a puppet government. that is what is typical in iraq. you have people coming from there to fight americans because they know the american government does not believe in law and order. george bush ran amok. no one has been held...
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the car and battery pack are made in america. we are doing the finishing touches to make certain we have our production tools ready. and that we have tested the battery pack and that will last 10 years, 150,000 miles in the car. it will probably also have a life after the car. host: when will it be insurance? guest: november 2010. stay tuned for a lot of activity during 2010 with the focus on cars, culture -- we will expose this car to customers across the nation to get their feedback. to make sure that the volt will be a delight. host: how much of the car will be made in the united states? guest: we do not have the exact figures, but the assembly plant is in detroit. the battery plant is in michigan. all of the engineers really are headquartered in the detroit area, as well as some support from global resources. it is also a jobs plan. when you look to the future will police the in additional 300 billion bugles on the planet. we need such a solution. host: do you know what the pricing will be yet? guest: we typically priced cars
the car and battery pack are made in america. we are doing the finishing touches to make certain we have our production tools ready. and that we have tested the battery pack and that will last 10 years, 150,000 miles in the car. it will probably also have a life after the car. host: when will it be insurance? guest: november 2010. stay tuned for a lot of activity during 2010 with the focus on cars, culture -- we will expose this car to customers across the nation to get their feedback. to make...
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perhaps that is part of our problem in america today. this is a very centrist nation that we have an. enthusiasm for so many of the issues really comes from the extremes. i like to think of myself as an enthusiastic moderate, but that is almost a contradiction in terms. host: what has the nra's reaction been to you? guest: their first reaction was that they would not comment on works of fiction, to which i quipped, i wonder if the internal revenue service or the federal election commission would be interested in learning that their returns are works of fiction. i do not think they are, but the leadership of nra cannot have it both ways. host: c-span did contact the nra. they did not return a request for comment. let's go to our first call. caller: good morning. i wanted to mention -- i'm 64 years old. in idaho, where i grew up, we went to the nra for safety training and all of that. i remember in those days that people who were involved in guns were not the same as they are now. the people who are interested in these things now are cover
perhaps that is part of our problem in america today. this is a very centrist nation that we have an. enthusiasm for so many of the issues really comes from the extremes. i like to think of myself as an enthusiastic moderate, but that is almost a contradiction in terms. host: what has the nra's reaction been to you? guest: their first reaction was that they would not comment on works of fiction, to which i quipped, i wonder if the internal revenue service or the federal election commission...
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i have come here to america to raise my children. when i see these young americans being killed, it just bothers me. host: when did you come to the u.s.? caller: 24 years ago. host: thank you for the call. here is a picture of a marine from "the new york times." the headline is "drug chieftains tied to taliban. generals assert legality, a list of 50 to be caught or killed. 50 afghans believed to be drug traffickers with ties to the taliban have been placed on a pentagon target list to be captured or killed, reflecting a major shift in american counter narcotics strategy in afghanistan, according to a congressional study to be released this week. united states military commanders have told congress that they are convinced that the policy is legal under the military rules of engagement and international law. they also said that the move is an essential part of the new plan to disrupt the flow of drug money that is helping finance the taliban insurgency." what is next? that is our question this morning. next caller, good morning. caller
i have come here to america to raise my children. when i see these young americans being killed, it just bothers me. host: when did you come to the u.s.? caller: 24 years ago. host: thank you for the call. here is a picture of a marine from "the new york times." the headline is "drug chieftains tied to taliban. generals assert legality, a list of 50 to be caught or killed. 50 afghans believed to be drug traffickers with ties to the taliban have been placed on a pentagon target...
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i think that america is against it. people in town hall meetings have the right to organize just like the left. host: this is an op-ed piece from "the new york times" this morning. "the legal america -- american needs to prepare for an early iraq exit. america's legal relationship with iraq is falling apart. nouri al maliki has announced a referendum next january on the agreement governs u.s. military operations. under the terms, military troops will have to leave the country in january, 2011, nearly one year earlier than planned." lisa, independent line. caller: i feel the same way as that person before who said that we should get out of afghanistan. we should learn from the russians. there is nothing that we can really do in that country. we are just wasting our lives. that is all a half to say. host: democratic line, minnesota. u.s. actions -- u.s. options in afghanistan? caller: we have got to leave. we are doing the same thing we did in iraq, playing these games that look like we are there to protect them. my botto
i think that america is against it. people in town hall meetings have the right to organize just like the left. host: this is an op-ed piece from "the new york times" this morning. "the legal america -- american needs to prepare for an early iraq exit. america's legal relationship with iraq is falling apart. nouri al maliki has announced a referendum next january on the agreement governs u.s. military operations. under the terms, military troops will have to leave the country in...
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this is america. host: this is video from last night at the town hall meeting at cardin. this is from the chicago paper this morning. the senate majority whip dick durbin says that obama is ready to deal on health care. he would like to get something passed for healthcare reform and then start to negotiate and a house senate conference committee. dick durbin told five small- business owners this of health care meeting in chicago on monday. michigan, on the independent line, you are on the air. what do you think? caller: you know the thing that is confusing right now is republicans acting up and shameful. we do not know what the president's plan is. we do not even know what the canadian plan is. i am not interested in the canadian plan. i served in the military. we are an american. we do not need to copycat plans. this is america. these crybabies out there, a bunch of half-wit's do not know what they're talking about. i'm waiting on the president's town hall meeting today so that i can understand bette
this is america. host: this is video from last night at the town hall meeting at cardin. this is from the chicago paper this morning. the senate majority whip dick durbin says that obama is ready to deal on health care. he would like to get something passed for healthcare reform and then start to negotiate and a house senate conference committee. dick durbin told five small- business owners this of health care meeting in chicago on monday. michigan, on the independent line, you are on the air....
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that is wrong for america. decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not politicians and bureaucrats. tell your members of congress to oppose government-run health care. host: if you are attending or have attended some of the town hall meetings, we want to hear from you. you can upload your comments, or if you take a small camera to your meetings and what to share them with us, you can do so by going to c-span.org. we have had it -- we have set up what we call the health care hub. to get more information on the latest, you can also watch many of the town hall meetings we have covered, and these that we have been showing you this morning, all available on the site. michael is joining us from kill devil hills, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for c-span. on the health care thing, a couple of your callers said about we really do not have a bill, which we do not, and everybody is tearing it down. i was thinking it is a larger issue, and i wish the president would present it i
that is wrong for america. decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not politicians and bureaucrats. tell your members of congress to oppose government-run health care. host: if you are attending or have attended some of the town hall meetings, we want to hear from you. you can upload your comments, or if you take a small camera to your meetings and what to share them with us, you can do so by going to c-span.org. we have had it -- we have set up what we call the health care hub. to...
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so wake up america. it's a new day. time for a change. thank you. host: on the independent line, charles from houston, texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. what i want to talk about is i remembered when clinton tried to do the health care, the health care accounted for about 9% of the gdp. now it's about 20%. say president obama fails to do the health care and in the another 10 years it's going to account for 30% of the gdp. 30%. for every one dollar generated in this country, 30 cents will go to health care. and then not to talk about the defense spending, which will be about 50%. then you're left with 20% to do the roads, the school, the whatever you can, the environment and on and on. these are the things we need to do just for our economic health we need to get this health care under control. if not, well, we could always look at china. i mean, this country has the government taking care of people. that's why the health care is not being tacked on the economy. host: the republican line from california. hi, jenny. caller: hi. thank you fo
so wake up america. it's a new day. time for a change. thank you. host: on the independent line, charles from houston, texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. what i want to talk about is i remembered when clinton tried to do the health care, the health care accounted for about 9% of the gdp. now it's about 20%. say president obama fails to do the health care and in the another 10 years it's going to account for 30% of the gdp. 30%. for every one dollar generated in this country, 30 cents...
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eastern on america and the courts. coming this fall, and to the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. all this month, revisit the fares and festivals we have covered this year on c-span2's book tv. this weekend, the key west literary seminar and the annapolis books get -- the annapolis boat festival. host: our guest in new york city is joel simon on the executive committee and to protect journalists. when you saw the video of laura ling and euna lee, released from north korea, one went through your mind and the mind of the organization? guest: well, i think like all americans we were just relieved that the ordeal had come to an end. it certainly looked bleak for a while, and they were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in north korea. that is a very, very harsh sentence. it was not clear to us exactly what the way out of it was, so we saw them get off the plane and embrace their families, and we were really relieved that this had come to an end. host: much was written about the role of al gore behind the
eastern on america and the courts. coming this fall, and to the home to america's highest court, the supreme court. all this month, revisit the fares and festivals we have covered this year on c-span2's book tv. this weekend, the key west literary seminar and the annapolis books get -- the annapolis boat festival. host: our guest in new york city is joel simon on the executive committee and to protect journalists. when you saw the video of laura ling and euna lee, released from north korea, one...
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that's why you hear people talking about maybe we need a value added tax in america. soon. or we need to put tax rates up soon. both of those things can back fire on you because they weaken the economy so much you don't get much revenue. dangerous business. host: you talked about the aspect of borrowing money to pay for current things. what's our relationship with countries that we tend to borrow from? guest: well, that's the whole thing about china owning the debt. china owns less than $1 trillion. we're borrowing that much every six months now. who are we borrowing it from? americans, surprisingly. host: how so? guest: i guess because they're not buying stock. we know the savings rate is up a little bit for 4.5%. but there's a big world market out there and there have been times when countries like china stopped buying u.s. debt. somebody else picked it up. so by itself, the amount of money is much more than trillions. it's huge. and the markets are huge. so for a little given interest rate increase, you can sell it to somebody else. that's not a concern of mine. that wou
that's why you hear people talking about maybe we need a value added tax in america. soon. or we need to put tax rates up soon. both of those things can back fire on you because they weaken the economy so much you don't get much revenue. dangerous business. host: you talked about the aspect of borrowing money to pay for current things. what's our relationship with countries that we tend to borrow from? guest: well, that's the whole thing about china owning the debt. china owns less than $1...
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america is in trouble. i appreciate the white man that said he did not want obama hurtt or anything, because that is the right thing to do. -- who said he did not want obama hurt. host: we will leave it there. thanks for your call. thanks to everyone who called in in our last segment. we will talk with ron geffner in a few minutes. he is a former sec chairman and he will talk about the ubs and swiss bank account situation. first we want to tell you more about newsmakers. scott armstrong, the leader of a group health cooperative, that should be included in the new health plan. that will be discussed. here he is describing the misconceptions about cooperatives. >> a lot of people have had this perception of cooperatives being this folksy organization that is built around old notions of what age and i'll's used to be that created restrictions to access. -- the old notions of what hmo's used to be. you will see that it is really quite different from those old perceptions. you may know that group health was name
america is in trouble. i appreciate the white man that said he did not want obama hurtt or anything, because that is the right thing to do. -- who said he did not want obama hurt. host: we will leave it there. thanks for your call. thanks to everyone who called in in our last segment. we will talk with ron geffner in a few minutes. he is a former sec chairman and he will talk about the ubs and swiss bank account situation. first we want to tell you more about newsmakers. scott armstrong, the...